February 17, 2014

The Winter Olympic Games: Something Old, Something New

While the Olympic Games have a long and illustrious history, the specific sports included as part of the Olympics vary over time. In preparation for the publication of DDC 23, the current slate of games—both summer and winter—was reviewed and updated.

Long track speed skating and short track speed skating were not given their own numbers because the literature most often treats the sport comprehensively. For example, Speed skatinghas chapters on each of the individual speed skating events in the winter Olympics. Similarly, the literatures on freestyle skiing and snowboarding tend to treat the sports as a whole (e.g., Freestyle skiing; Snowboarding: techniques and tricks), but some of the literature focuses on individual styles (e.g., Men's aerials & women's moguls 1; Extreme halfpipe snowboarding moves). None of these styles yet has sufficient literary warrant to justify its own number, but we’ll keep our eyes open.

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Just a little something for the less sporty amongst us, the Winter Olympics reminds me of a wonderful little book of poetry that belonged to my grandparents "Winter Sportings" by Reginald Arkell, I cannot find many of the poems online, but there is one at: http://curlinghistory.blogspot.co.uk/2010_01_01_archive.html, I know there was also a lovely one involving Katy and a Luge....

December 2016

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